Drapery measuring tape assembly



Dec. 31, 1968 E. DAVIS DRAPERY MEASURING TAPE ASSEMBLY Filed Oct. 24.1965 FIG.

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INVENTOR. EDNA L.;DAVIS United States Patent 3,418,719 DRAPERY MEASURINGTAPE ASSEMBLY Edna L. Davis, 4001 Ave. F, Council Bluffs, Iowa 51501Filed Oct. 24, 1965, Ser. No. 504,646 4 Claims. (Cl. 33137) ABSTRACT OFTHE DISCLOSURE An assembly for use in measuring for draperies at awindow facing includes a measuring tape attached to a carrier platewhich is provided with a perpendicular end flange to engage the facingand supports a detent carrying bar and has hook position indiciaalongside the bar; a hook for engaging the drapery rod is slidablyattached to the bar, the means attaching the hook means to the tapecharacterized as being sufficiently releasable as to allow a detentengaging means on said hook and said hook both to be moved lengthwise ofsaid tape.

In the prior art many types of devices providing hooks on the ends oftapes have been proposed. However, it is an object of this invention toprovide a tape assembly with a book which is particularly well-designedfor the purpose of hanging draperies.

As the measurement of draperies can be accurately accomplished bymeasuring from a drapery rod downward, it is desirable to be able toquickly compute or know the distance the drapery rod is from the top ofa window facing since a drapery should ordinarily cover the windowfacing.

It is, therefore, an object of this invention to provide an assembly asdescribed in which indicia is provided for facilitating thedetermination of the position of the hook with respect to the tape.

A further object is to provide a drapery measuring tape assembly whichhas a flange means on it for engaging the upper edge of a window facing,the flange means specifically being spaced upwardly from positions inwhich a hook can be disposed, such spacing being substantial.

Other and further objects and advantages of the present invention willbe apparent from the following detailed description, drawings andclaims, the scope of the invention not being limited to the drawingsthemselves as the drawings are only for the purpose of illustrating away in which the principles of this invention can be applied.

Other embodiments of the invention utilizing the same or equivalentprinciples may be used and structural changes may be made as desired bythose skilled in the art without departing from the present inventionand the pruview of the appended claims.

In the drawings:

FIGURE 1 is a rear elevation of the ruler of this invention withportions of the tape thereof broken away. Dotted lines in the viewindicate the upper edge of a window facing and a conventional draperyrod.

FIGURE 2 is a view of the parts of FIGURE 1 as seen from the left-handside thereof in FIGURE 1.

The drapery measuring ruler of this invention is general- 1y indicatedat and comprises an elongated ruler tape 12 having distance indicia 14thereon. Tape 12 is preferably of woven cloth material to have somewhatthe hanging characteristics of drapery.

A hook means is generally indicated at and has an open lower side 22.Means are provided for attaching the hook means 20 to the tape 12 sothat the open side 22 of the hook faces generally toward the majority ofthe length of the tape when the tape is held straight hanging downwardlyfrom the hook.

The hook means 20 has two spaced substantially rigid 3,418,719 PatentedDec. 31, 1968 ice side portions 40 and 42 and an upper connectingportion 44.

The side portions 40 and 42 are spaced sufficiently to receive aconventional drapery rod therebetween.

The means attaching the hook means 20 to the tape is stiff as regardsbending it toward the open center of the hook and a flange means 64 isprovided having an undersurface 68 facing the hook means, the flangemeans 64 being disposed at a right angle to the tape 12 when the tape isheld in the position vertically depending from the hook 20, and stiffdetent carrying member generally indicated at 78 is provided forinterconnecting flange means 64 and the attaching means 24.

The hook 20 is preferably fixed to a slide 80 which is verticallyslidable on the detent carrying member 78 having a plurality of openingsin it, which latter are longitudinally spaced with respect to the tape12 and are adapted to receive a nib 104 on a forward side of the side 42of the hook, whereby when a lower portion 106 of the side 42 is bentaway from the detent carrying member 78, the nib 104 can be removed fromone of the openings 90 permitting a sliding of the portion 80 so that adifferent opening 90 can be selected. Because of this adjustableconstruction, the hook can be positioned in various selected positionswith respect to the tape 12. The advantage of this construction is toposition the hook means 20 selectively with respect to the upper end 112of the ruler at a distance desired for the ultimate spacing of the hook20 with respect to the upper edge of draperies to be made. This isfacilitated by certain indicia marked on the detent carrying member 78in positions in sequence and in cooperation with the indicia 14 on thetape 12.

On an opposte side of the tape 12 from the member 94 is a stiff indiciameans carrier and rivets 146 preferably extend through the members 78and 140 and also through the tape 12 and spacing means 160, other rivetsextending through the detent carrying member 78 and the indicia meanscarrier 140 and also through a vertical portion 174 of a member of whichthe flange means 64 forms a part integral with the portion 174.

In operation, it will be seen that the surface 68 can engage the top ofa window facing 190, shown in dotted lines in FIGURE 2, at times whenmeasuring by the top of the window facing as preferred to measurement bya drapery rod 60.

As thus described, this invention is believed to fulfill the objectivesabove set forth.

From the foregoing description, it is thought to be obvious that adrapery measuring assembly constructed in accordancse with my inventionis particularly well adapted for use, by reason of the convenience andfacility with which it may be assembled and operated, and it will alsobe obvious that my invention can be changed and modified withoutdeparting from the principles and spirit thereof, and for this reason, Ido not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the precisearrangement and formation of the several parts herein shown in carryingout my invention in practice, except as claimed.

I claim:

1. A drapery measuring tape assembly comprising an elongated measuringtape having distance indicia thereon, a detent carrying member, meansattaching said detent carrying member to said tape near one end of saidtape, said detent carrying member having a plurality of spaced detentsthereon, the majority of the length of said tape being disposed spacedfrom said detent carrying member in a direction along the elongation ofsaid tape, each detent being spaced successively greater distances fromthe majority of the length of said tape, a hook means having an openside opposite its bight, means attaching said hook means to said tape sothat its open side faces generally toward the majority of the length ofsaid tape when said tape is held straight hanging downwardly from thehook, said hook means having two spaced substantially rigid sideportions and an upper interconnecting portion, said side portions beingspaced for the purpose of receiving a drapery rod therebetween, saidhook attaching means having detent engaging means thereon and adapted toengage selected ones of said detent means to arrest movement of saidhook with respect to said detent carrying member in a direction awayfrom the majority of said tape, said detent engaging being sufiicientlyreleasable as to allow said detent engaging means and said hook both tobe moved lengthwise of said tape.

2. The tape assembly of claim 1 further having a flange means having asurface facing said hook means which is disposed at a right angle tosaid tape when said tape is held in a position vertically depending fromsaid hook, and means for connecting said flange means to said detentcarrying member, said hook and said flange means being spaced apart asubstantial distance whereby said flange means can be used to engage theupper side of a window face and said hook can be positioned so as tohook onto a curtain rod disposed a substantial distance below the samewindow facing.

3. The combination of claim 1 in which said detents are specificallyopenings in said detent carrying member.

4. The combination of claim 1 in further combination with an indiciameans carrier attached to said detent carrying member and extendingalongside said detents, indicia means on said indicia means carrier anddisposed alongside said detents and operatively correlated with theindicia on said tape for facilitating the determination of the positionof said hook with respect to said tape.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 260,163 6/1882 Chesterman 33-137297,417 4/1884 Keuffel 33-137 370,636 9/1887 Martin 33137 925,384 6/1909 Richardson 33-137 2,005,850 6/1935 Witchger 33137 3,131,480 5/1964Quenot 33-137 FOREIGN PATENTS 1,051,680 9/1953 France.

12,495 5/ 1906 Great Britain. 894,774 4/ 1962 Great Britain.

ROBERT B. HULL, Primary Examiner.

U.S. Cl. X.R.

